Since 2020, Yvonne has been a leading voice exposing the flaws in covid vaccine rollouts. Now, with government mandates intensifying, she brings together medical and legal experts to discuss:

• The science behind vaccine safety in children
• The legal implications of mandatory shots without parental consent
• The global data on vaccine side effects, including myocarditis
• What parents and communities can do to respond

This powerful interview is more than a discussion it’s a wake-up call.

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The MIC creates conflicts of interest, with physicians influenced by financial incentives from drug companies or corporate regulations, leading to overprescribing, inflated drug prices, and unnecessary procedures like complex surgeries that may not improve outcomes. The system profits from managing symptoms rather than curing diseases, as “a cured patient is a lost customer.” This is compounded by lobbying, with the pharmaceutical industry spending heavily to influence policy, blocking reforms like price caps on medications.

Defenders of the system argue that corporate involvement drives innovation, producing life-saving drugs and technologies. They claim profit motives ensure efficiency and that the U.S. leads in medical advancements, with American professionals among the world’s best. However, even proponents acknowledge waste—U.S. healthcare spending is one in five dollars, yet life expectancy has dropped to 76.1 years (2021) from a 2014 peak of 78.9. Alternatives proposed by critics, like those from the Health Justice Commons, emphasize holistic health, community-driven care, and the right to refuse treatment, challenging the MIC’s profit-first model. The debate remains heated, with some calling for systemic overhaul or abolition, while others see reform within the current framework as viable.

Dangers of the Medical-Industrial Complex

Medical-Industrial Complex: Profit Over People

Big Pharma thrives on managing chronic conditions, not curing them. A cured patient is a lost revenue stream, so the industry pushes lifelong prescriptions like statins or antidepressants. For example, the global pharmaceutical market was valued at $1.5 trillion in 2023 (Statista), with the U.S. accounting for nearly half. Companies like Pfizer or Moderna prioritize high-margin drugs over low-cost cures, citing cases like insulin, where prices have soared despite being around for decades.

The Medical Industrial Complex’s Erosion of Individual Liberty

The MIC, often backed by globalist entities like the World Health Organization (WHO), pushes centralized mandates that strip away personal choice. Vaccine mandates, for instance, have sparked outrage among conservatives, with X users citing examples of coerced medical interventions or censored discussions on alternative treatments like ivermectin during COVID-19. The CDC’s 2021 push for universal vaccinations, despite low risk for certain groups, exemplifies this overreach, clashing with the principle of bodily autonomy. Dr. James Thorp, a veteran OB-GYN, delivered a shocking statement exposing the deliberate targeting of pregnant women in the COVID-19 vaccine campaign.

The Medical Industrial Complex’s Systemic Corruption and Regulatory Capture

Big Pharma’s influence over policy is staggering. From 1999 to 2018, the industry spent $4.7 billion lobbying Congress, outpacing all other sectors. This ensures policies like extended patents or blocked Medicare drug price negotiations, keeping generics unaffordable. The revolving door between regulators and industry is blatant—over 60% of FDA’s senior leadership have ties to pharmaceutical companies. This corruption stifles innovation and keeps prices sky-high.

The Medical Industrial Complex’s Iatrogenic Harm

The MIC’s overreliance on drugs and procedures causes significant harm. Medical errors and adverse drug reactions are the third-leading cause of death in the U.S., killing an estimated 250,000 people annually. The opioid crisis, fueled by aggressive marketing from companies like Purdue Pharma, led to 70,630 overdose deaths in 2021. Meanwhile, unnecessary surgeries—like spinal fusions, which cost $80,000-$150,000 each—often yield no better outcomes than conservative treatments.

Unsustainable Healthcare Spending

The U.S. spent $4.5 trillion on healthcare in 2022, or 17.3% of GDP—highest in the world. Per capita, that’s $13,493 per person, nearly double Canada’s $6,319. Yet, life expectancy has plummeted to 76.1 years, down from 78.9 in 2014, showing diminishing returns. This bloated spending diverts resources from productive sectors, crushing economic freedom.

Prescription drugs are a cash cow for Big Pharma

Prescription drugs are a cash cow for Big Pharma. In 2022, Americans spent $405 billion on retail prescriptions. A single vial of insulin, costing $10 to produce, retails for $300-$500, with prices rising 55% from 2014-2019. Blockbuster drugs like Humira, used for arthritis, cost $6,000-$7,000 per month, despite being on the market for 20 years. Patent gaming and lobbying prevent generics, fleecing patients and taxpayers.

Exorbitant Hospital and Procedure Costs

A three-day hospital stay averages $30,000, with costs for procedures like heart bypass surgery hitting $200,000. For-profit hospitals, a cornerstone of the MIC, charge 2-4 times more than nonprofits for identical services. This gouging bankrupts families—medical debt contributes to 60% of U.S. bankruptcies, affecting 530,000 households annually. The MIC’s bureaucracy is a financial black hole. Administrative costs consume 8% of healthcare spending, or $360 billion annually. Compare that to Canada’s 1-2%. Insurance companies and compliance with federal mandates drive this inefficiency, burdening small businesses—key to conservative economic values—with premiums averaging $7,500 per employee yearly.

High healthcare costs stifle growth. Businesses face rising insurance premiums, reducing hiring and investment. Individuals lose disposable income, with 41% of Americans skipping care due to cost in 2022. This drags down productivity and innovation, core conservative priorities, while enriching globalist corporations. End lobbying loopholes and enforce transparency. Reject Globalist Control. Oppose WHO-driven mandates. Encourage natural and preventive health to reduce MIC dependency.

The medical-industrial complex is a financial and moral disaster, bleeding the people dry while eroding freedom and health. Its $4.5 trillion price tag, coupled with 250,000 deaths from errors and a globalized supply chain, demands a conservative overhaul: decentralize, deregulate, and put patients—not profits—first.

Written By Tatenda Belle Panashe

And now onto our main discussion regarding Dr Robert Malone; and the War Against the Medical Industrial Complex; and we ought to start with the latest development; which is that the HHS Secretary, being Robert F. Kennedy Jr, has appointed Dr Robert Malone to the Advisory Committee for Immunisation Practices. You’d recall that in the previous weeks, the secretary had fired all 17 members of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) advisory committee for immunization practices (ACIP) – which is a group of alleged scientific experts who recommend how vaccines should be administered and distributed.

In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, Kennedy stated that (quote): “The committee has been plagued with persistent conflicts of interest and has become little more than a rubber stamp for any vaccine. It has never recommended against a vaccine—even those later withdrawn for safety reasons. It has failed to scrutinize vaccine products given to babies and pregnant women. To make matters worse, the groups that inform ACIP meet behind closed doors, violating the legal and ethical principle of transparency crucial to maintaining public trust.”.

Well, the 17-member ACIP panel was scheduled to meet later in the month of June to review recommendations, including those involving COVID-19 vaccinations for children. That meeting will still go ahead, but without the current panelists, some of whom Kennedy said were ‘last-minute Biden appointees’ whose terms would have otherwise extended until 2028.

So, on the one hand, those supporting this move say this is exactly the kind of bold move needed to break the credibility crisis surrounding vaccine science and government health agencies. This is especially considering that Secretary Kennedy remarked that the new appointees won’t directly work for the vaccine industry” and will “refuse to serve as a rubber stamp,” instead fostering “a culture of critical inquiry”. But, on the other hand, those against this decision argue the opposite, insisting that the move reeks of ideology and raises concerns that Kennedy will stack the committee with vaccine skeptics or unqualified appointees, thus further eroding trust – and you typically heard this argument from Democrat officials, such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Bill Cassidy; and the liberal media.

PUBLIC TRUST IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WAS ALREADY ON A STEADY DECLINE

Now, during the period that Secretary Kennedy fired those committee members, a number of media houses and publications reported that the immediate concern for public health officials, scientists and vaccine researchers was both the erosion in trust AND who will fill the newly opened seats. Let;s address the public trust issue first. In essence, here is what was ignored by the critics and skeptics: the erosion of trust in the public health system FAR pre-dates the firing of all 17 members of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory committee for immunization practices! The erosion of trust occurred because patients have long been bearing the brunt of a corrupt medical system that puts them in debt (at times even rendering them homeless), through charging them for insanely expensive and unnecessary procedures, tests, and medication. Public trust was eroded by doctors and nurses who were murdering patients and getting away with it because of the lack of adequate oversight in the medical industry.

Trust further eroded when mothers were dying at alarming rates after giving birth in first world countries. And eroded even more when the COVID debacle was exposed, and pro-vaccine individuals were being gaslit when reporting vaccine injuries. But, worse of all, this erosion erupted because people discovered that the regulatory bodies that were supposed to hold pharmaceutical and medical corporations accountable had a revolving door relationship with the entities they were supposed to keep from doing any harm. In fact, even the CDC was reporting a fall in vaccine rates by 2024. More specifically, a Centers for Disease Control report titled, “Influenza, COVID-19, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination Coverage Among Adults — United States, Fall 2024”, found that, by November 9, 2024, only an estimated 17.9% of adults aged 18 years or above had received the updated COVID-19 booster injection. But, ultimately, these failures of the public health system are where the public trust problem emanates from.

And in light of this (and also responding to the claim that this change reeks of ideology) I’d like to point out that the issues resulting in the erosion of public trust in the medical system that we’ve just outlined – they took place in Democrat administrations as well (in fact more, when considering that America has largely been under Democrat leadership more times than Republican). Therefore, if this measure strengthens accountability by removing people with conflicts of interest, and does this in a field of medicine that has become incredibly controversial – it sounds like the problem is being addressed and not exacerbated.

Secondly, what would be a careless exacerbation of the problem with a lack of public trust is keeping a status quo where public trust is already eroded. Therefore, responding by removing people who have been complicit in the creation and keeping of the problem seems like a fairly sensible thing to do. But, here’s more on how public trust in the health care system was long on a steady decline; including a concession from officials of the CDC and NIH during the Biden Harris administration on their role in decreasing public trust.

Now, I find it interesting that each of the officials we just watched highlighted the need for better transparency in their respective agencies – which sounds like exactly what Secretary Keneddy was advocating for in firing people who had a conflict of interest, while simply rubber stamping vaccines without much enquiry or transparency. But, of course, those officials never actually lived up to their words about transparency, following their concessions in 2024 on how their respective agencies fuelled public distrust. Additional proof of this is the fact that the concession excerpt we just watched followed another meeting in 2023, where Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) questioned witnesses about school reopening procedures during the pandemic at a House Energy Committee hearing on “Assessing the CDC’s failures in fulfilling its mission”.

Well, it sounds like the CDC has long had issues with public trust. And removing members of an advisory committee in the CDC that is riddled with a conflict of interest, is a necessary response. Now, there is also the media aspect in this – in particular the publications and media houses that were (quote unquote) raising the alarm about this shift in the advisory committee. It’s really simple: the medical industrial complex funds a significant portion of the media, and has made them into their media intermediary, responsible for spreading and the proselytising of a polluted science. The COVID-19 period has shown a very high level of scientific censorship, causing many people difficulties to access relevant health information. Moreover, the pharmaceutical industries are known for their propaganda in favour of the disease. Pharmaceutical industries are known to provide inaccurate and misleading promotional information about their medicines, but also inaccurate information on diseases and disease risks, which can lead to unnecessary medication and induce side effects caused by these medicines. They pay government officials and even medical practitioners to keep themselves from being exposed. But, evidently, they also capture the mainstream media through advertising revenue, which allows them to regulate what is said about pharmaceutical products.

DR ROBERT MALONE APPOINTED TO ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR IMMUNISATION PRACTICES

Well, we mentioned earlier that in addition to the claimed issue of a decrease in public trust, critics also expressed concern about who would replace the dismissed advisory committee members. This was a question that was quickly answered as Secretary Kennedy has also announced the new members making up the ACIP panel. These members include Drs: Robert W Malone; Martin Kulldorff (who was a co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, along with Dr Jay Bhattacharya, who is president Trump’s pick for the director of the National Institutes of Health); there is also Cody Meissner (and he is a professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He previously held advisory roles at the FDA and CDC, including ACIP from 2008-2012. In 2021, Meissner co-wrote an editorial with Dr Marty Makary, who is now the head of the FDA, which criticised mask mandates for children).

Also named in the advisory committee is Vicky Pebsworth (Pebsworth is a nurse and the former consumer representative on the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee. She is also the Pacific regional director for the National Association of Catholic Nurses). Fifth on the committee is Retsef Levi (Levi is a professor of operations management at the MIT Sloan School of Management who Kennedy described as an “expert in healthcare analytics, risk management and vaccine safety). Then there is Michael A. Ross (Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at George Washington University and Virginia Commonwealth University, with a career spanning clinical medicine, research, and public health policy). Seventh in Joseph R. Hibbeln (who is a California-based psychiatrist who previously served as acting chief for the section of nutritional neurosciences at the NIH); and finally is Dr James Pagano (who is an emergency medicine physician from Los Angeles “with over 40 years of clinical experience”, and a “strong advocate for evidence-based medicine).

Now, one of the most notable names is Dr Robert Malone, who is a biochemist who made early innovations in the field of messenger RNA but in more recent years has been a vocal critic of mRNA technology in Covid-19 vaccines. His announcement has made those in support of the medical industrial complex run amok. As such, they have responded with instant, coordinated character assassination efforts and desperate attempts to erase his record. Their terror is quite palpable!

WHY THE MEDICAL-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OPPOSES DR ROBERT MALONE

Once again, the backers of the medical industrial complex have responded to Dr Maone’s appointment with instant, coordinated character assassination efforts and desperate attempts to erase his record – because they are concerned about what this appointment means for their nefarious plans. Well, they should be concerned. Dr Robert Malone is particularly equipped to dismantle this collection of corrupt systems and subsystems from the inside, thus the wisely alarmed position of the opposition on large horse statue gifts from the Trojans. Afterall, they don’t attack nobodies. They don’t coordinate against empty suits. They target people who threaten the machinery.

What is interesting about Dr Malone is that he was never inherently interested in public office – much like Donald Trump in his early career as a businessman. In the case of Dr Robert Malone, he is regarded as someone driven by a moral imperative that compels him to serve and to do it outside of politics, especially seeing he had already suffered through that crucible during Covid crackdown on dissenting doctors; and thus knew the political terrain. And so he has preferred working with states or private partners, where bureaucratic constraints would not muzzle urgent action. And so, he did not seek a federal appointment, but when Kennedy asked him – with the moral urgency of a country in collapse – Malone chose service over safety.

In any case, Dr Malone’s appointment triggered a predictable media offensive, laced with insinuation and omission. Major outlets, operating in lockstep, flooded the digital landscape with headlines crafted to imply fraud without making refutable claims. Phrases like “played an early role in mRNA development…” and “claims to have invented…” flooded mainstream media discussions. And they did this in an effort to plant seeds of doubt without offering substance – which is a classic psyop strategy.

But, let’s make this plain: the establishment isn’t reacting this way because Dr. Malone lacks credibility. They’re reacting this way because he threatens everything upon which they rely to maintain control. This is to say that: Dr Malone isn’t just a critic of captured science – he helped build the scaffolding of modern molecular medicine. He holds dozens of issued patents, including foundational work in mRNA and DNA vaccine platforms. He understands the system from the inside out – its science, its politics, its regulatory gamesmanship. And now he’s turned that knowledge toward exposing and repairing the institutional rot that has poisoned public health policy.

For instance, Dr Robert Malone in 2022, warned parents about the contents of mRNA technology – at a time when only a few voices such as the president of loveworld Incorporated were at the forefront of exposing the dangers of mRNA technology. In addition, Dr Robert Malone also exposed the “military-grade psychological operation” otherwise known as the “Covid-19 pandemic”. He has publicised how Western governments, non-governmental organisations, transnational organisations, pharmaceutical industry corporations, media and financial corporations have co-operated via public-private partnerships—which he calls a euphemism for fascism—to deploy the most massive, globally harmonised psychological and propaganda operation in the history of the world.

Written By Lindokuhle Mabaso

And now onto our main discussion regarding the… and many of us would be familiar with Senator Ron Johnson, especially following his work in unravelling the covid debacle in the US. Interestingly, in light of the work he had done, Senator Ron Johnson had planned to retire in 2022 but ran for re-election specifically to help those affected by the vaccine. But, one of the things that’s been the most striking about Ron Johnson’s attempts to stop the COVID vaccines has been the revelation of just how little legislated power a Senator has to compel the CDC or FDA to do the right thing (for example, many of the key COVID government documents that Senator Ron Johnson’s office uncovered were never provided by the H.H.S. in the Biden-Harris administration).

Nonetheless, Senator Ron Johnson has been extremely methodical and patient in seeking a way to change the current paradigm. He has now ascended to a very unique position: being chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. This committee has long been one of the most powerful and broadest investigative bodies in Congress. In parallel, since the second Trump administration has a far more fundamentalist approach to healthcare through the MAHA agenda, rather than stonewall Johnson, this administration has ensured that the documents he is requesting are now being released. And because of this, he was recently able to hold a pivotal Senate enquiry that conclusively showed the Biden Administration, FDA, and CDC were aware the COVID vaccines were causing heart attacks but continually hid that from the public to keep pushing the COVID vaccines on the public.

In this Senate enquiry led by Senator Ron Johnson, cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough delivered a stark warning about the risks of vaccine-related myocarditis, a crisis downplayed by federal health officials. Testifying before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Dr. McCullough, with over 1,000 publications, revealed data on heart damage linked to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, particularly in young men, and criticized oversight by agencies like the FDA and CDC.

Dr. McCullough condemned mandates imposed on athletes by sports teams, with no safety provisions, stating that “Ninety percent of vaccine myocarditis cases involve young men, and ninety percent require hospitalization.” In addition, subclinical myocarditis, where patients experience heart palpitations, blood pressure swings, and atypical chest pain, is also concerning, with symptoms persisting post-vaccination. A recent Journal of the American College of Cardiology report confirmed cardiac arrests years after vaccination, with vaccine micro-scars found in the heart. ANd so, Dr McCullough’s testimony exposed a wave of vaccine-related deaths, with subclinical myocarditis setting the stage for fatal arrhythmias months or years later. Kindly watch this excerpt.

Now, a significant reason that legislators in the Biden-Harris administration and the FDA were able to get away with concealing or downplaying critical information is that those who raised concerns were silenced. And here, this is not even about the political weaponisation of institutions or even the creation of the censorship industrial complex (which are issues that emerged in the COVID period) – RATHER, this is about the fact that those who were vaccine injured who went to Senate Hearings to report of their experiences and provide empirical evidence were gas lit and shut down.

And herein lies one of the most critical issues that contributed to erosion of the integrity of the medical system in the US (and others parts of the world). It is that: not only were government officials working with incorrect information and WHO dictates about the COVID virus and vaccines, and not only were covid responses highly politicised and divorced of scientific integrity, BUT even when people sought to highlight urgent concerns that would have improved the government’s response, governments often failed to fulfil their duty of care by listening.

Well, another concealed and previous denied development that was highlighted in the hearing pertains to the notorious white fibrous blood clots from the COVID vaccines. These clots are stretching over 20 inches long in a significant number of bodies where they were examined, and a number of doctors reported seeing them after the rollout of COVID jabs – in both patients they were seeing and post-mortem bodies. For instance, During his 40-year career as a pathologist, Dr. Arne Burkhardt had never observed this type of unusual blood clot until after the rollout of the C19 injections. This type of clot was found in several living vaccinated patients, including a 40 year-old former marathon runner.

THE LACK OF ADEQUATE REGULATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY

This then necessitates that we focus our attention on the regulatory body that was supposed to ensure that this problem does not occur to begin with, being the FDA. Not only because they are a regulatory body but because products approved by the FDA have a broad scope of impact, given how they are imported around the world. And so, first let’s have a recapitulation of the FDA;s history. And this history, even in its abridged version, demonstrates that in the absence of a regulatory body, corporations have a tendency to place harmful products on the market that they present as having a plausible impact on people’s health.

So the FDA is conceptually necessary to prevent the continuation of the harmful business food and drug manufacturing process observes in the US and also around the world, like Coca-Cola using cocaine in its drink and presenting it as a fatigue relieving medication, or companies including spices and preservatives in food to mask the taste of expired food. So, why has a body that has a valid and plausible reason for existence been complicit or culpable in some of the issues in the medical industry?

THE INHERENT PROBLEMS IN THE FDA’S DRUG APPROVAL PROCESSES

Let’s start with the drug approval process. And here it is important to note that the FDA’s approval process may favour drug companies over consumers — and FDA-approval does not guarantee safety. In fact, Big Pharma actually pays for the majority of drug safety reviews, provides the FDA with safety data for the review and has the option to have drugs approved faster with fewer clinical trials. In addition, FDA approval is based on evidence — provided by the company that makes the medical product — that the benefits of the product outweigh the risks for most patients for a specific use. It doesn’t necessarily mean the product is safe.

Furthermore, a new drug takes several steps before it makes its way into a consumer’s medicine cabinet. Unlike medical devices that are cleared for sale without extensive testing if a similar device is already on the market, drugs must go through clinical trials before they are available to consumers.

Now, while the process of approving a new drug may seem thorough on paper, critics say it assumes the world is a perfectly controlled environment. Also, clinical trials have short timeframes and can’t thoroughly determine safety. Michael A. Carome, who is the Public Citizen’s Health Research Group director further stated on this very subject that “When a new drug is first approved by the FDA, it typically has only been tested in several hundred to a few thousands patients in carefully controlled clinical trials that last several weeks to several months and that exclude many types of patients who will end up being prescribed the drug, As a result, only the most common types of serious adverse events will be detected prior to FDA approval.” In fact, the FDA calls drug approval a “balancing act” between acceptable risks and benefits on its website.

THE FDA HAS A CONCERNING HISTORY EVEN IN TRACKING OR RESPONDING TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT DRUGS AND PRODUCTS

Now, multiple experts expressed concerns about the risk of the vaccine causing premature births, a risk found in a similar product made by GlaxoSmithKline that prompted thecompany to halt testing in 2022. In Pfizer’s trial, there were more premature deliveries in the vaccinated arm than the placebo arm—5.7 percent in the former versus 4.7 percent in the latter. Dr Paul Offit, who is one of the FDA’s advisers, said that this is an issue hanging over the program. But take a guess at how the FDA responded; simply, the FDA declined to comment on the issue during, though staffers wrote in a brief that there was “potential uncertainty” regarding premature births. But, this is not the first instance where FDA leadership was caught unprepared to deal with complaints about products, because medical device dangers were hidden in FDA reports for DECADES.

A major consideration in this discussion is not just Pfizer’s approach to vaccine safety – as indicated at the beginning of our discussion, it is the very essence of the medical industry and the fact that – despite the constructive role it is supposed to play in society, it is one of the least effectively regulated industries in the world, and corporations and global organisations take advantage of this. For instance, the COVID VACCINE FORMULA was SWAPPED IN a SINISTER FDA FRAUD! Justin Leslie, who was armed with damning videos and documents, revealed Pfizer pulled a fast one on the FDA. In essence, what occurred is that after clinical trials, Pfizer swapped the vaccine’s phosphate buffer saline (or PBS) for a tris buffer system. Why? Well, because the PBS needed -80°C storage, but the tris allowed easier distribution. The problem is, ALL trial data was based on the PBS formula—NOT the tris one injected into kids!

Unfortunately, it does not end here. What has always been of concern to me and no doubt to many of you as our viewers is the utter lack of effective regulation measures for medical devices by the FDA as well – so much so, that the regulation measures that are supposed to ensure that the devices are safe to implant or that any issues are reported and responded to swiftly are much worse in comparison to the measures the FDA uses for prescription drugs.

This lack of accountability has also manifested with medical practitioners themselves. More specifically, there were a number of cases reported in the world where doctors would falsely prescribe chemotherapy to patients who did not have cancer. In one case, 5 years ago, a Michigan office manager risked his career to expose a doctor who gave chemotherapy to patients who did not have cancer.

Written by Lindokuhle Mabaso

The court found that the Commission failed to comply with transparency obligations, particularly concerning the negotiation and content of vaccine deals made during the height of the pandemic. This includes contracts signed with major pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna.

Critics have long accused the Commission of a lack of accountability, especially regarding reported personal text communications between von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. These texts were allegedly used to negotiate key terms of the vaccine contracts, but were never disclosed despite formal requests from journalists and Members of the European Parliament.

The ECJ’s ruling states that the failure to provide access to those communications constitutes a breach of EU transparency laws.

Von der Leyen and the Commission have not yet responded to the ruling. However, legal experts suggest the judgment may open the door to further legal and political scrutiny over the EU’s pandemic response and the billions of euros spent on vaccine procurement.